david letterman and jimmy fallon who tape their shows here in new york played to empty houses, no audience because people were ordered off the streets of new york in the teeth of the storm. and their guests were game, including denzel washington and donald trump appeared this week wearing his customary orange top. a lot of new yorkers who have power and need a little lift every day have come to love mayor bloomberg's storm briefings. first, for the woman who may be the most expressive signer for the deaf in all of human history. and then the moment each day when the mayor switches to spanish or something awfully close. [ speaking spanish ] the mayor gets credit for diligence, if not style. he's been taking lessons for year, during spare moments at home, in the car, on the subway before it was flooded. even if his spanish is delivered in his same boston native accent he uses for english, in this light, you get points for trying. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: running a city of 8 million people plunged into partial darkness and chaos is difficult enough. social media played a big role in